Be assured, you were (and are) not alone. North-western Europe in the eighties, any unusual sound or sight from above, I'd be on alert, yellow verging on red. D

Be assured, you were (and are) not alone. North-western Europe in the eighties, any unusual sound or sight from above, I'd be on alert, yellow verging on red. Damn, I was on a remote island off the North Queensland coast in '85 or '86 when the world went suddenly radio silent, and I instantly assumed EMP and nuclear cataclysm on the mainland, whereas it was of course just a major regional power outage. Like everyone else, I let my defenses drop after '91 or thereabouts. They are back up these days, I can assure you. Unexpected lowflying aircraft, loud bangs, F16 fighters screaming pairwise out over the Baltic, believe me, I pay attention.